Siladen Resort and Spa

How To Get There

There are direct flights from Singapore to Manado International airport four times per week (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat) with Silk Air, the regional carrier of Singapore Airlines. There are also several daily non-stop flights from Jakarta and a daily direct flight from Bali. Once arrived, a member of the Siladen staff will meet guests directly out of the arrival area, and escort them to their private transfer to the Resort. Transfer time to the Resort is approximately 90 minutes depending on weather and tide conditions. Guests flying Silk Air enjoy complimentary transfers to and from the airport.

Dive Overview

Due to its vicinity to the Bunaken National Marine Park, Siladen Resort is within reach of over 50 dive sites. The dive center offers daily boat trips in the morning and afternoon. Night dives are available every evening.

[Read More: Bun aken Dive Travel Guide]

Food & Drinks

• Siladen Resorts restaurant features a wide variety of local Indonesian & Asian dishes in combination with gourmet European and International recipes.
• In the dry season, the resort holds renowned Seafood barbecues on the beach and al fresco lunches served in the shade under the lush tropical vegetation.
• The resort can also assist those with special dietary needs and restrictions.
• Other services on offer include an unforgettable private, romantic, five-course dinner on the beach, or even on the boat, with a personal valet.
• Siladen has a large collection of imported wines and champagnes at the restaurant as well as on offer at the lounge bar.

Dive Information

Bunaken Dive Overview

The Bunaken National Marine Park (BNMP), where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet, is composed of the islands of Siladen, Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage and Nain. It covers a total area of over 890 square kilometers, hosts 390 different species of corals, is a center of marine global biodiversity and ranks among the top diving destinations in the world. It offers unforgettable diving and snorkeling.

The Marine Park is known for its rich macro life and is mostly characterized by wall dives rich in hard and softcorals. Pelagics such as reef sharks (black tip, white tip), eagle rays, barracudas, tuna, Napoleon wrasses and turtles are also a common sight.

There are over 50 dives sites within easy reach of the Resort. All dive sites around the 5 islands of the Marine Park are wall dives whereas dive sites alongside the coast of North Sulawesi are mostly dark sandy slopes with corals. A wreck is also available for diving in the Manado bay.

Diving Conditions

Average tide excursion is between 1.5 m and 3m. Visibility is generally good year-round: low visibility approximately 20m, average 30m occasionally up to 40m. During the year the average water temperature is 28 Celsius.

As currents change in intensity according to the tides, to ensure safe and comfortable diving to all guests, all dives are drift dives.

We recommend the use of full-length 3 mm suites. The use of gloves or knives is not allowed in the Bunaken National Marine Park. For safety reasons we only allow diving from boats and with a dive guide.

Diving Schedule

Diving at Siladen is organized to offer you the maximum comfort.

At 8 am every morning divers meet at the Diving Center. Boats leave right after 8am to allow guests to enjoy two morning dives and return to the Resort for lunch before 1 pm.

Afternoon diving is available everyday at 3 pm.

Night diving is available every evening at 5:30 pm, as long as there is a minimum of 2 divers interested. The maximum number ofdives per day is 4, including the night dive. There is NO extra surcharge for night or mandarin dives.

Mandarin/Dusk dives are available with right tidal conditions and only need a minimum of 2 divers, the boat leaves at 4:30 pm.

Dive Center Information

Siladen Resort Dive Center Overview

Siladen Resort & Spa is a 5 Star PADI Resort. Here you will enjoy a safe, exclusive and memorable diving experience. Thanks to our strategic location in the heart of the Bunaken National Marine Park, over 50 premium dive sites are within easy reach of the Resort. Day trips are also organized to Bangka (North), Lembeh Straits (East) as well as Popoh (South).

Dive Center Features

• You can choose to dive Air or Nitrox
• 1:4 guide to guest ratio
• Full set of PADI Courses in English, German, Spanish and Italian.
• Equipped with Bauer compressors and 4 diving boats
• 10 liters (60 cubic), 12 liters (80 cubic) and 15 liters (100 cubic)
• Aluminum tanks with INT and DIN valves (DIN adaptors are also available)
• Camera room